Publishing Perspectives

Critics Attack France's Annual Rentrée Littéraire as “Collective Suicide” France's annual orgy of new fiction, the rentrée littéraire, or literary season, is underway, but some in publishing think it's doing more harm than good. Read more »
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Is the Best American Book Festival...in Paris? Now in its 10th year, Festival America showcases many of the top writers from both North and South America, drawing 30,000 visitors to the outskirts of Paris. Read more »
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Additional Publishers, Caine Prize Partners with Worldreader Worldreader, which gives e-readers and e-books to children in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda, has added several new publishers and partnered with the Caine Prize. Read more »	Six Novels Make 2012 German Book Prize Shortlist The annual German Book Prize has released a shortlist of 6 German-language titles, with the winner announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Read more »
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L'Oiseau Indigo: Distributing French Books from Africa, Middle East Distributor l'Oiseau Indigo is establishing a market for French-language books from Africa in the Middle East in France and throughout the Francophone world. Read more »